I frequent starcitygames not for there cards but there prices as reference. I noticed the recent selling of bulk lots, that was kind of a red flag to me in a series of red flags i am observing in my own opinion.
it is leading me to this belief and question:
Does anyone else feel like they are liquidating there whole paper magic inventory?
up until 2020 i usually bought from them but they have been usually averaging 0 inventory for what i would call good commander cards and legacy cards.
Even cards for modern and historic seem to be in very low to 0 inventory on their website.
until I saw their recent bulk sales i was thinking to myself they must be "quietly trying to reduce paper inventory"
I literally moved onto tcgplayer to buy singles cause Starcity is so low on anything worthwhile.
Does anyone else feel they are observing the same thing with Star city games?
we've seen huge increases in demand for singles, and product in general. this is all at a time where supply has been disrupted, and events have been canceled. paring down bulk through sales is just a means to stay afloat when supply of singles is diminished, and events are nowhere near back to what they once were.
i don't use scg, never have, but i have noticed the sites i do use have much less regular inventory because its selling out almost as fast as its coming in. on top of that, a lot of bulk stuff that's worthless keeps getting reprinted - this keeps it worthless - and does your store really need 300 copies of a card that's been printed in 8 sets?
we already gamble with packs, its only natural that some players also gamble with bulk buys hoping to find some hidden value
Honestly, I don't really care. StarCityGames may have decent customer service, but their prices suck, and the former doesn't do enough to make up for the latter.
you'd think they could stay on top of a fast moving singles card market if demand were so high.
Im still thinking this is the time for them "the big whale" to make there paper magic exit if they wanted too.
Or anyone else.
maybe well see TCGplayer or Channelfireball or cardkingdom finally over take SCG in all of this.
its an interesting race to watch between the 4 biggest magic selling websites/stores.
Any idea where we can find metrics on there sales?
I don't think any of the 4 are public with any of that kind of information are they?
and how do you do that with event and supply disruptions?
packs need to get cracked to produce singles. limited events, prize payouts, and steady stream of product are all things that need to happen to have a continual supply.
collectibles are booming right now, many have become extraordinarily greedy and will scoop up an entire supply of product/singles even still. its not just your local target that sees everything get wiped out the minute it comes in.
I frequent starcitygames not for there cards but there prices as reference. I noticed the recent selling of bulk lots, that was kind of a red flag to me in a series of red flags i am observing in my own opinion.
it is leading me to this belief and question:
Does anyone else feel like they are liquidating there whole paper magic inventory?
up until 2020 i usually bought from them but they have been usually averaging 0 inventory for what i would call good commander cards and legacy cards.
Even cards for modern and historic seem to be in very low to 0 inventory on their website.
until I saw their recent bulk sales i was thinking to myself they must be "quietly trying to reduce paper inventory"
I literally moved onto tcgplayer to buy singles cause Starcity is so low on anything worthwhile.
Does anyone else feel they are observing the same thing with Star city games?
we've seen huge increases in demand for singles, and product in general. this is all at a time where supply has been disrupted, and events have been canceled. paring down bulk through sales is just a means to stay afloat when supply of singles is diminished, and events are nowhere near back to what they once were.
i don't use scg, never have, but i have noticed the sites i do use have much less regular inventory because its selling out almost as fast as its coming in. on top of that, a lot of bulk stuff that's worthless keeps getting reprinted - this keeps it worthless - and does your store really need 300 copies of a card that's been printed in 8 sets?
we already gamble with packs, its only natural that some players also gamble with bulk buys hoping to find some hidden value
Im still thinking this is the time for them "the big whale" to make there paper magic exit if they wanted too.
Or anyone else.
maybe well see TCGplayer or Channelfireball or cardkingdom finally over take SCG in all of this.
its an interesting race to watch between the 4 biggest magic selling websites/stores.
Any idea where we can find metrics on there sales?
I don't think any of the 4 are public with any of that kind of information are they?
and how do you do that with event and supply disruptions?
packs need to get cracked to produce singles. limited events, prize payouts, and steady stream of product are all things that need to happen to have a continual supply.
collectibles are booming right now, many have become extraordinarily greedy and will scoop up an entire supply of product/singles even still. its not just your local target that sees everything get wiped out the minute it comes in.
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